Quarantine Projects!

[Weldo]

In support of our state juniors high power program, here is my self quarantine project - barrels from Shilen Rifles.

These should keep me tied up in the garage for awhile.

Is that 94 lbs worth of rifle barrels?! Wow!

Hey @Rootpass that's pretty cool! Creative with the counter sink! I like it!

 

[Janderso]

I built an adapter for my cheap tool and cutter grinder to grind square lathe tools. I don’t have a dovetail cutter so I used a 60* countersink and then got into the corners with an 1/8” end-mill. It works very well and by widening the slot and adding set screws I can grind any size I need. View attachment 317885View attachment 317886
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Sweet,
Cheap? Even cheap they are a lot of money. They sure would come in handy.
I like your hss adapter.

 

[Weldo]

Got a coat of paint on my sander's base plate. For years it was raw metal and accumulating rust since I sometimes dip the piece I'm grinding into water for cooling.

I like Rustoleum hammer tone for shop equipment. It has a nice look. This is the brown I've done some other things in, like the old bench shear in the background.



I'm itching to reassemble but the paint is still soft... Now I have a project for tomorrow!

 

[Weldo]

Thanks to all who have shared their work so far! The forum and this thread in particular is helping keep me busy and motivated during my time at home.

In that vein, my sister just coined the phrase "Corona-cation"! Wash your hands and avoid all people! I've been training for this my entire life! Let's keep the positivity flowing!

 

[Bamban]

Is that 94 lbs worth of rifle barrels?! Wow!

Hey @Rootpass that's pretty cool! Creative with the counter sink! I like it!

Yup, 94 pounds worth of rifle barrels.

 

[Grinderman]

Not really machining but still working with metal. I made this for my daughter’s 2nd wedding anniversary coming up next week.I made these from an old piece of 1” copper pipe.

 

[Rootpass]

Weldo,
I like to bake painted parts in the kitchen oven for about 30 minutes at 325. Once it cools it’s rock hard and I can go ahead and use it.

 

[DavidR8]

Weldo,
I like to bake painted parts in the kitchen oven for about 30 minutes at 325. Once it cools it’s rock hard and I can go ahead and use it.

Is your experience that the finish is more durable than just air drying?

(Thinking that I’ll be crucified if I put parts in the oven!)


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[Weldo]

@Grinderman Dude, that's incredible work! Very nice! Do you dabble in sculpture a lot? Copper is so nice to work with. A while ago I made a small oil pot thing for the shop out of copper. I'll snap some pics sometime soon.

Thanks for the tip @Rootpass I'll keep that in mind for sure! Really it would be nice to have a dedicated oven for the shop.

Along those lines I wonder if an old dishwasher could be converted to recirculate parts washing fluid! Maybe disable the heater element and plug up the drain. It would need a filter I guess, or maybe not. Imagine putting a bunch of greasy parts in there, pushing a button and coming back in 45 minutes to nice clean parts!

 

[matthewsx]

Sorting, consolidating and getting rid of stuff.

But I'll start putting this back together tomorrow....